Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-11-12

iute Us u KIT 10 LoTu
Incnbu-the king that is to be. May pros
perity, peace and plenty deck the life path Of
one SO merciful and so tender even rs fiower
do. Long mayest thou reign, U great and
glorious queen, and mold thy husbands love
IN both thy hands, and many be the sons and
daughters of thy beauty And thank thee
my Lord lncuhu-the king that is to bel
thank thee thousand times in that thou hast
been pleased 10 accept that gracious GIFT. and
to pass 1t on to thy comraie in arms and in
adventure, the Lord Bougwan Surely the
act is worthy Of thy greatness, my Lord
lncubu. And now lastly thank thee also
my Lord Bougwan, who in thy turn hast
deigned To accept me and my poor beauty. .
thank thee thousand times, and will add
that thou art good and honest man, and
put my hand upon my heart and swear that
l would that | could Say thee yea. And
now that l have rendered thanks to all in
turn"-and again she sniled-"l will add one
short word
Little can We understand OF me, Nyleptha
and my lords, If We know not tha, for m
there is 10 middle path that scorn your pity
and hate ye for it that | cast of your for
giveness as though it were a serpent's sting
and that standing here. betrayed. deserted,
. insuted and alone, | Vet triumph over ye.
nlock We and defy We, one and all, and thus ]
answer ye,' and then of sudden, before
apybody guessed what she intended to do. she
drove the little silver spear she carried in her
hand into her side with such strong and
steady aim that the keen point projected
through her back, and she fell prone upon the
pavement.
Syleptha shrieked, and poor Good almost
tainted at the sight, while the rest OF Us
rushed toward her. But Sorais Of the Night
lifted herself upon her hand and for moment
fixed ber glorious eyes intentiy on Curtis
face, as though there were some message in
the glance, then dropped ber head and sighed
and with a sob her dark yet splendid spirit
passed.
Well, they gave her a royal funeral, an,
there was an end of her
1t was n month after the last act Of the So
rais tragedy that there was great ceremony
in the Flower Temple. and Curtis was for
mally declared king consort OF Zu-Vendis. ]
was too i'll to so myself, and. indeed, hate
all that sort Of thing with the crowds and
the trumpet blowing and banner waving, but
Good, who was there lin his full dress uni
formj, came back much impressed, and told
me that Nyleptha had looked lovely. and Cur.
It's had borne himself in n right royal fashion.
and had been received with accIamations thai
left no doubt as TO his popularity Also he
told me that when the horse Daylight was led
along in the procession, the populace had
shouted "Macumazahn, Macumazahn ~ till
they were hoarse end would only be app.asej
when he. Good. rose in his chariot and tolt
them that was too i'll to be present.
Afterwards, too. Sir Henry, or rather the
king, came to see me. looking very tired and
vowinS that he had never been 50 bored in
his life. but dare say that that was a Sigh,
exaggeration. 1t is not in human nature tba,
a man should be altogether bored on such an
extraordinary OCCASION: and. indeed ss I
pointed out u him, it was a marvellous thing
that man who but little more than one short
wear before had enterei n pr.at country as an
to its beautiful and beloved queen. and ,ifret
amid public rejoicings to its throne. and
even went the length to exhort him in the In.
ture not b b. carried away by the pride and
pomp of absolute power. but always to strive
to remember that he was first a Christian
gentleman, and next a public servant. called
BY Providence to II great and almost unpre
cedented trust These remarks, which he
might fairly have resented, he was 80 good a.
to receive with patience, and even to thank |
me for making them. .s...s-.rs.
1t was immediately after this ceremony |
that caused myself to be moved TO tue house
where am now writing. 1t is very pleas |
ant country seat, situated about two mile. |
from the Frowning CITY, onto which |
it looks That was five months ago. |
during the whole Of which time /
have, being confined to a kind OF cough |
employed nv leisure in compiling this history
Of our wanderings from nv Journal aud our |
joint memories 1t is probable that It will
never be read, hut it does not much matter |
whether it is or not. at any rate, it has served
to while away many hours of suffering for
have suffered a deal Of pain lately. Thank
God, however, there will not he much more
of it.
1t is a week since l wrote the above, and
now / take up my pen for the last time, for
know that the end is at hand NV brain j.
still clear and can manage to write, though
with difficulty. The pain in my lung. which
has been very bad during the last week. has
suddenly quite left me and been succeeded
by feeling Of numbness Of which cannot
mistake the meaning.
And so this is the end OF it-a brief space
of troubling, few restless, fevered, anguish.
ed years, and then the arms of that great
angel death Many times have been near
to them, many and many a comrade have
they embraced even at nv side. and now i,
is my turn at last, and it is well. Twenty.
four hours more and the world will be gone
from me and with il all its bor.as and Il, ;,s
fears
Well. it is not q good world-nobody can
saw that il is save those who willfpIjv hI;rd
themselves to facts. How can a world le
good in which money is the moving power
and self interest tb, upid,,o s,.r, mr. ,wo,, |